Reality defenders vs fact-free right wing - Atheist Nexus2015-08-02T21:32:39Zhttp://atheistnexus.org/forum/topics/reality-defenders-vs-fact-free-right-wing?commentId=2182797%3AComment%3A2147209&xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noIt is posited that the GOP lo…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-01-20:2182797:Comment:21474972013-01-20T00:07:44.136ZJames Kzhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/JamesKz
<p>It is posited that the GOP lost the election.</p>
<p>No, they didn't defeat the President for re-election.</p>
<p>Yes, they control the House of Representatives.</p>
<p>The House's seat apportionments are skewed toward little rural states like this one, so that conservatives always get an extra helping of representatives. (Every state gets two seats for being a state in addition to the seats it gets for population, thus this state - Nebraska - gets five instead of three.)</p>
<p>Since there…</p>
<p>It is posited that the GOP lost the election.</p>
<p>No, they didn't defeat the President for re-election.</p>
<p>Yes, they control the House of Representatives.</p>
<p>The House's seat apportionments are skewed toward little rural states like this one, so that conservatives always get an extra helping of representatives. (Every state gets two seats for being a state in addition to the seats it gets for population, thus this state - Nebraska - gets five instead of three.)</p>
<p>Since there are more red states than blue states (communists), overturning the House majority of GOP is a difficult fight at best.</p>
<p>And while the Senate is currently made up of more Democrats, nothing gets through unless it also gets through the house. More of the same gridlock . . . which is exactly what the GOP wants. They mightn't be able to enact its own agenda, but the Dems can't enact theirs either.</p> Maybe this telling quote stil…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-01-19:2182797:Comment:21473912013-01-19T21:41:52.339ZGrinning Cathttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/GrinningCat
<p>Maybe this telling quote still applies today?</p>
<blockquote><p>That these techniques succeeded [...] was <strong>an indictment ... the Right fought harder for its fantasyland than the rest of America did for the real world.</strong></p>
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<p>... in particular, to climate <a href="http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/climate-concerns/forum/topics/alec-killing-clean-energy-laws" target="_blank">deniers who profit from business-as-usual</a>.</p>
<p>Maybe this telling quote still applies today?</p>
<blockquote><p>That these techniques succeeded [...] was <strong>an indictment ... the Right fought harder for its fantasyland than the rest of America did for the real world.</strong></p>
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<p>... in particular, to climate <a href="http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/climate-concerns/forum/topics/alec-killing-clean-energy-laws" target="_blank">deniers who profit from business-as-usual</a>.</p> Problem is: when you drink yo…tag:atheistnexus.org,2013-01-19:2182797:Comment:21472092013-01-19T19:55:23.975ZLoren Millerhttp://atheistnexus.org/profile/LorenMiller
<p>Problem is: when you drink your own Kool-Aid, like the GOP did in the last election, there is a distinct possibility that you might choke on it ... which is precisely what happened.<br/><br/></p>
<p>“You have a right to your own opinions, but <em>you do not have a right to your own facts</em>.”<br/>-- Daniel Patrick Moynahan</p>
<p>Problem is: when you drink your own Kool-Aid, like the GOP did in the last election, there is a distinct possibility that you might choke on it ... which is precisely what happened.<br/><br/></p>
<p>“You have a right to your own opinions, but <em>you do not have a right to your own facts</em>.”<br/>-- Daniel Patrick Moynahan</p>